the united states, china buying off american politicians in currying favor with them is because mitch mcconnellpoliticians who are compromised by china. joe biden is a first-rate mitch. mitch mcconnell is a close second period you and i have talked about this before but essentially the chinese government set up mitch mcconnell's family to reap huge amounts of money in the global shipping business. the chinese government finances the construction of the shipping vessels. they build them up. they provide crews, they provide contracts mitch mcconnell knows that if he were to step on the feet of a beijing in any way, anger them they could just write me in the chinese communist government could destroy the family business overnight. so mitch mcconnell out of self-preservation not on the interests of the country once this issue to go away. and there are other people in the sun as well. this is the problem we have to face as a country. what are the options that we have? the founders created opportunities for us to check those in power. but what opportunities do we have if the machinery of government h

mitch mcconnell is going to do it. going to do without strings attached she's only going to support you if you support him for the leadership position. you've got a lot of the senators who rely on him for fundraising. for reelection for raising money. that becomes the impetus to continue to support him event and the light of the evidence of his failed leadership. mark: it's hard to see how we defeat late to radical autocratic party like the democrat party with the republican party that is worse than anemic. republican party that is looking for sinema of the gravy. it's working stuff out the special interests in washington. and really most of the senate under mcconnell and the other leaders his whole group they sound alike, they'll look alike, they say the same thing and so forth and so on. they do so much behind the scenes and under the radar at the american people don't know. but the worst thing they do numeral wants to take the country and destroy it and reinvent it. schumer has endless power his friends have endless

, it's the -- listen, i— mitch mcconnell is saying, it's the —— listen, iwant mitch mcconnell is sayinglly. this war— impact that is having domestically. this war in — impact that is having domestically. this war in the middle east. the fbi have just been alerted after death threats made tojewish students. the fbi has been alerted after death threats were made againstjewish students at one of the united states most prestigious universities. the anti—semitic posts calling for violence againstjewish students at cornell university in, new york, were published on a forum for members of the institution's fraternities over the weekend. cornell has morejewish students than any other ivy league university — around 2,500. 0ne post read: "if you see a jewish "person" on campus follow them home and slit their throats." here's the senate majority leader, chuck schumer who himself is from new york. i'm sickened and frightened by the news that has come out of cornell university, where over the weekend messages appeared on a non—campus online forum calling for violence, violence against the school's j

and mitch mcconnell just confirmed stopgap funding bill. ght now is around 8pm and there has confirmed a little bit earlier in the afternoon they had reached a deal was that he was expected to go very quickly over to the senate for passing if possible and then to the president �*s desk for signing because, remember, a shutdown would have to be abraded before midnight. we did here as we heard from max cohen in the interview we did earlier that there was some hold—up because one of the senators, a democrat from colorado michael bennett had said he wanted to ukraine funding would stay on the floor, that there would be some commitment a ukraine bill would be brought to the floor in the coming days. it appears they have reached an agreement, we don't know what that agreement is just yet but all signs at this point are pointing towards the fact the senate will pass this bill and head to the president �*s desk as it appears in time to about a shutdown at midnight. these are the life pictures we're looking at and we're going to come back to these li

but i do -- mitch mcconnell on his resolve. there is a u.s.or, a very conservative senator, arthur vandenberg, from the gop in that 1947, who stood. he was an isolationist, and he stood behind truman in general marshall to make the marshall plan come alive. and this is the kind of role that mitch mcconnell is playing, bringing his party along here. so, i support his result. but boy, this is a terrible signal to put out that there is any uncertainty right now. there are questions right now about the -- which has been very effective. and we don't want to take a look at anything that melts down the sanctions are anything we have done. we have to redo the oil price gouging as an aside to elevate some enforcement there. but we have seen that putin -- we've destroyed almost half of his military, by estimates. his economy is collapsing. he is -- as only you and i have talked before on the show -- he's surviving only by cannibalizing his economy. every sector has fallen by 60 to 95%. the only thing he hopes for is attrition and propaganda to weaken th

six hours with mitch mcconnell.a suit, do you have a belt? no. do you have a shirt? no. no shirt. the suit you can't wear that suit. he goes, yeah, they told me to bring a suit. >> according to lewis, bankman-fried wanted to help mcconnell fund republican candidates at odds with donald trump. >> what is the subtext of this dinner is sam is going to write tens of millions of dollars of checks to a super pac that mitch mcconnell is then going to use to get elected people who are not hostile to democracy. >> so mitch mcconnell has a list of republican candidates who are sort of on the playing field for democracy verse us what he deemed outside. >> he and his people had done the work to distinguish between actual deep trumpers and people just seeming to approve of donald trump, but were actually willing to govern. >> bankman-fried ended up giving multimillions in support of republican candidates. back in 2020, bankman-fried had ranked among joe biden's biggest donors. as 2024 approached, he planned on spending more, alb

i have to say just hearing what mitch mcconnell said supporting aid for israel, aid for ukraine, aid for taiwan, and strengthening the border, that just sounds like four things that republicans would be in favor of. i'm kind of confused why house republicans wouldn't be in favor of it. >> look, there is a division as to how much to fund. and i think they support almost all of them. but we do have a problem on our hands as a nation. we're rapidly getting to the point where the bond yield is going to push us to all of our revenue coming in is going to have to pay debt service. so republicans are starting to think we've got to cut. they've contributed to the problem and should be honest about it. but as much as i'm with mitch mcconnell on wanting to fund these things, i also do see we're headed towards a serious fiscal crisis in the country and do need to have a conversation about what to cut. >> even if the aid for israel and ukraine were decoupled, do you think speaker johnson would be willing to bring a vote on a bill for ukraine aid to the floor? because there is obviously majority

in fact, as i came off the floor, mitch mcconnell speaking to reporters, and again, he was speaking aboutnce of doing supplemental for ukraine. >> i heard in their comments, both leader mcconnell as well as schumer there spoke about the need to have that ukraine funding over the next 45 days. but was there something, when you think about the dynamics that played out among republicans over the past couple of weeks, certainly on the house side, which is safe to say is in disarray when it comes to the ukraine side, but you also have some republicans in the senate, including the likes of j.d. vance and others, who are not as committed to ukraine for me. how do you get them across the board in the next 45 days? >> the fact is, we don't need every senator. we need 60 senators. when you had the leadership of both parties, that is excellent. by the way, in the continuing resolution, it provides an opportunity for billions of dollars of transfer authority, so there is authority for the president to keep supplying munitions through ukraine over the next few weeks, as we work to put the ukraine supp

this axis of evil, which senators and republicans are already talking about publicly. such as mitch mcconnell, he said that the message of evil, iran, china and russia are threatening the united states of america, mitch mcconnell, a rather cautious senator and weighs every word, it is clear that this statement was made so that china and xi jinping, who will come to the united states of america, still understood that, to china, the americans can completely the other is treated as a country that threatens national security, the united states of america, and the chinese have quite a lot of interests in the united states of america, and it is clear that the economy, the chinese economy, rests, including on the bilateral contacts of the united states america and china, in your opinion, this is what mitch mcconnell said, or it was said in prejudice so that xi jinping would understand that they can talk to beijing in a completely different way from now on, i share this point, we are right , there is nothing more to comment here, the american strategists are thinking ahead and are giving various sign

and as we've heard from mitch mcconnell just then, it is likely that some amount of funding will receive bipartisan support enough to get that funding through whatever that next transfer of money is going to be for supporting your grain. make no mistake of that, funding is still on the table. president joe biden signed the spending bill into law just minutes before the midnight deadline talked about the 11th hour. why was it so hard to reach this deal? so well, this is a tactic, this kind of threatening. a government stopped as a tactic that parties the party in power if, if they're not sharing the party with the party in the white house, often do. it's a very high stakes game and it's been happening a lot in the united states. recently. there's been 14 shutdowns since 1980, most of those in the reagan years in the eighty's. but we've been seeing threats of shut down as being used increasingly more as a tactic. and as you have this very rock is us divided republican party. forget about working with the democrats, but just the republicans in the house don't agree you have very far right?

and senate and what will happen if speaker mike johnson runs right into the senate gop leader mitch mcconnell who has a different position on how to deal with these issues. mcconnell is in line with the white house on these issues, thinking these issues must go together, israel and ukraine. the speaker of the house speaking funding separately for israel and cuts to irs funding, something that's generated democratic opposition given the fact that most of these packages are not paid for and believing it will reduce tax revenue by pulling back on irs funding. mcconnell has some opposition as well, including from some republican senators, including fellow kentucky senator rand paul who told me that he believes senator mcconnell is undermining the speaker of the house and hurting the case for conservatives back home. mcconnell is hearing descension in the ranks from his own colleagues and house republicans. can they get the votes and what happens if the house gets something out of the house and can't get it out of the senate and waiting in the wings is funding for israel? still a major question at

valeriu, one of the leaders of the republicans in the united states senate , mitch mcconnell, said that, russia and iran are the new axis of evil in the world, what else did mcconnell say, let's listen. i think the biden administration sent the wrong signal when us troops. out of afghanistan, it was like giving putin the green light to invade ukraine, and we see that iran, the main sponsor of terrorism, is sending drones to russia and supporting hamas, so it's all connected , you can't single out one part and say we're only going to deal with that, we have to respond to the conditions that exist and are a threat to the united states, the iranians are also a threat for us, we are also dealing with this axis of evil: china, russia, iran, because it is a direct threat to the united states. mr. valeriu, do these words mean that the united states of america is ready to increase its military potential, taking into account the threats, coming from iran, china and russia, simply put, are we facing another arms race, as it once was. but given the threats and challenges facing the united states o

mitch mcconnell was talking about. and united states senate. think the message is gonna be getting out there. the people are now just grasping all. this this has been some very raw emotions. we're always coming off, just coming off of aid to ukraine. now, we've got to deal with israel. now, we're looking at taiwan. we've got issues that we've got on the border. so, i think there is going to be a concerted effort, as time goes on, to continue these messages. i believe the american people understand again. this is about democracy, this is about protecting the rule of law. this is about who we are as a people. the democratic form of government. i think that people are going to understand that. they're going to get it. they're gonna see it. even though the pain is tough sometimes, with the money. it, there is a bigger and higher purpose. because we are the united states. we are the moral authority in the world. that's where we've got to lead. >> with a buddy of the, we've got no house speaker. 19 days without a house speaker. how exactly is the bid

of course the problem is there's a large number of republicans in the senate including mitch mcconnellpling ukraine aid to israel aid. there's a difference of opinion within the republican conference in the house and senate and it's difficult at this stage to see how that will be reconciled with out some significant internal party turmoil which of course they have been expensing in the last three weeks. the next few days i think will be crucial to see if there's any way forward, but at the moment it seems like an impasse. that comes on the back of warnings that aid for ukraine, the military aspect of that fight is running out and israel is demanding money sooner rather than later to protect itself. caitrÍona: there's only a couple weeks left for the funding package to be agreed to keep the government open. do you think funding for this package for ukraine and israel will be front and center to that debate, or might the road run out essentially? >> i think there's a real problem getting all the various spending bills suit -- through but there's a huge barrier in the way of making progre

to see continue to play out and really congressman johnson's first big test. >> yes, now, the mitch mcconnell way of doing things is really simple, ukraine aid divides the republican party, israel divides the democratic party, but if you tie them both together, add on some border security for the u.s. southwest border, some taiwan stuff, everybody has something to vote for and this should pass overwhelmingly. that's the old congressional way of doing things. everybody -- >> because it sounds like normal and logical. >> yes. but house republicans have furiously been against this for several years now and that far right faction that ousted kevin mccarthy, that sort of engineered this new speaker mike johnson who we are only learning more and more about now, they hate the idea of these big omnibus packages where everybody gets something and it all passes bigger and better than ever. they hate that. >> but it's the size, which is a big part of it, of course, you know you walk these halls all the time and i hear from sources as well, but it's also specifically the concern about ukraine inside the

senate minority leader mitch mcconnell calls it -- >> in operation to bring more parts of the world undera are serious about friendship without limits. speak with a strategic partnership seeks out a new global power structure that includes iran and leaves u.s. and democratic nations behind. both china and russia have refused to condemn hamas for terrorist attack on israel. >> i think benefits from all of this chaos, the regional conflict from the middle east as much as anybody in the world. >> this week the pinna god with risky behavior fight chinese aircraft interacted with military plans over the south china sea here at the pentagon said such incidences od in the last two years more than the entire decade before. >> that is nearly 200 cases where operators have perform reckless maneuvers or discharged or shut off layers were approached 2 to also so rapidly or too close to aircraft. >> russia blitzing nuclear with vladimir putin's arrival in china. they were caring what looked to be the nuclear briefcase. something that he keeps with him but it really makes visible. the former defense se

another part by mitch mcconnell, how do we do this when we run a deficit? we are borrowing from china to fund a war in ukraine. they share different goals. china and russia and tehran and iran would like to wipe israel off the map and establish caliphate in the reamion, it has to do with america and western order, we won the wash and created infrastructure around the globe and been dominant and china and iran resent that and russia of course want to reestablish the u.s.s.r. the evidence is clear, what are they doing? what are their priority? the threat is climate change? that is what you hear from the president and the others scoff at that. and they look at what is happening in afghanistan and ukraine and wonder if we would deter him. we tried to deter putin and the taliban and it did not work. imagine if this front opened? the three countries are happy to draft off each other to keep us distracted and borrowing money and then they see our wide open border on our southern border, open borders of europe. go to any western country in europe, they have been in

mitch mcconnell can say that, he is part of what brought us to this point. it doesn't make you feel good, even with the combat power. >> emily: deterrence hasn't helped given our troops this morning were fired upon. >> tammy: the answer for decades, just stop israel, go in and stop and withdraw, have a ceasefire and bring in aid and this is what you end up getting. an entity and it encourages them and they push it further and further. maybe joe biden would call what happened on 7th, limited incursion, i don't know, that is the problem. not just your opinion, what you stated is the world's opinion, we saw that after afghanistan, panic in taiwan and other places about people feeling they are on their own and the joy 've of that. is this war with hamas? yes, but also iran and we can't ignore that. will more americans die? most likely, like in afghanistan, this is on the hand with biden and everyone in the establishment that let this grow into this cancer. >> emily: three quarters of american believe in funding to secure the southern border and same amount to fu

in one corner, you have senate minority leader mitch mcconnell and defense hawks like lindsey graham who argue it is in the interest of national security to have a broader package that includes israel, taiwan, ukraine, border security money. but in the other corner, you have senate conservatives who say they don't support any more money flowing to ukraine and are insisting that these two issues be delinked. so, really, it is all mitch mcconnell against members of his own party and put him in line with senate democratic leader chuck schumer. let's listen. >> the house gop package is woefully inadequate, has the hard right high school fingerprints all over it. making aid to israel, who just faced the worst terrorist attack in history contingent on poison pills that help ultra-wealthy tax cheats. >> we'll see if the bill comes out of the house. and if so, what kind of margin it has. my own view, i just expressed, is that we need to treat all four of these areas, all four of them, ukraine, israel, taiwan, and the border. >> reporter: so, the house and senate really on a collision course

mitch mcconnell, senator mitch mcconnell on the floor talking about the need for the united states toy for a number of pressing geo political conflicts that are obviously drawing the attention of president biden at this stage. talking about the readiness in terms of what is happening in europe and ukraine, also in asia. continuing concerns about china and also with regard to what is going on in the middle east right now. saying it is a time for choosing. mitch mcconnell obviously calling on congress to get their act together on the house side. they search for a speaker so that they can provide the proper funding required for all of these challenges that we face. before we go, our friend susanne summer was was supposed to be celebrating her 77th birthday today. her family says they're celebrating her extraordinary life. >> $300 was wiped out. do you realize how long it takes me to save >> how long? >> i don't know. i'm still saving. >> martha: susanne summers, tv icon, chrissy snow on "three's company", she wrote books and health and wellness. she died at her home in california. she wi

mitch mcconnell after being a u.s. senator married elaine chao and that's where it comes from.e's a big conspiracy theory like how did mitch mcconnell circuit -- suddenly get so rich and the answer is his wife's mom died and they inherited a lot of money. e on the one hand it's swampy ad on the other hand it's not nearly as and conspiratorial as some would have you believe. >> not at all. they just inherited it. they are all these conspiracy stories. >> row, is another story. from the california congressman and most of the monies from his wife. lyndon johnson would not have been present without lady bird johnson. >> well you are optimistic which i reallyre appreciate. you ride in today's politics on both sides ofhe aisle we can look the other way while more and moreorer americans lose faih institutions or we can wise up and start a revolution. i prefer the third option to acknowledge their problems and fix them. so lay it out for us. >> again i'm not an expert on the stock market and i'm not an expert on tax law. you don't have do no that you are getting and i want is a bad wor

to quote mitch mcconnell... this show is beyond disturbing. "the golden bachelor"?at is your reaction is kind of a whiny reaction? are you serious? golden bachelor set up golden shower! you serve them that before you even came in here! [applause] well, at least those people are having fun! my generation is a bunch of idiots. but we don't need to prove it again, not on prime time. and the scary thing is, this show could be my future. is this where i end up, when my "the daily show" contract finally runs out in 2045? it certainly has good ratings, which means we could be getting more reality tv spin-offs, like "the amazing race: the walk to the mailbox." or, "masterchef senior: foods you can gum." or, "naked and afraid and suffering from dementia." and of course, "survivor: well, maybe until thursday." my point is, we don't need a show that makes old people look cool and happy. any old person tells you, these are the best years of their lives needs to be institutionalized. and if they are going to make ten more seasons of this shit, they are going to need to legalize

but they should be happy to have an alliance with mitch mcconnell. think to the topic just a couple of minutes ago before we heard from matthew chance, this idea of where biden is leaning so hard into his handling of foreign policy, it is not because americans care that much about foreign policy, we know gal oup polling tells us economy is by far the top issue. a third ever americans say it is the top issue. nothing else even comes close. the other issues up there are strong and competent leadership in government and handling of immigration. when you ask people is russia important, you're getting barely single-digit numbers. but if joe biden could take the na national debate away from the economy and to competent handling of major moments that could impact people and roll in immigration, it has the support from a majority of senate republicans, that could be important not just for him politically, but for a coalition to get this over the fence. >> and while he's under water and his approval ratings on handling of his policy toward israel and ukraine,

it is a real concern for the white house because senate republicans and particularly mitch mcconnell are kind of the white house's last line of defense. they know that they have really tricky politics in the house republican conference but have been confident because of mitch mcconnell and many of the north carolina senate have such a stalwart supporters of ukraine aid. and now i can't -- it is hard to underef mate how tricky the road is ahead as moving ukraine as a separate matter. i was struck by the comments from the president and by democratic leader last night saying we expect mccarthy to move on ukraine expeditiously. do they have a secret deal? is it just the public pressure and expectation and going on mccarthy's previous words that he supports ukraine because i don't think that is enough for mccarthy when his speakership is on the line to move this while all of this is going on. >> that is a huge part of it. and he's never guaranteed that this money will pass. he's professed support for ukraine but that money is a whole another question and it could open up to a challenge fr

i know it's just today. >> because mitch mcconnell couldn't find his spine in time to vote for convictrump's asinine filing, we do have mitch mcconnell. >> i do think this is an argument from trump, the wrong venue. >> right. trump blames -- >> right. always impeachment civil court, civil cart should be somewhere else. i think the thing about the business trial the not just that it sort of goes to his image. this jump is moving to pit hum out of business and this judge already appointed an independent monter to had to look at their books making sure they were not committing fraud now. this judge means business and that was jump tried to get that blocked by the appeals court. wasn't successful. this really, really, really could happen. i think we are close, closer than what people realize, to trump not having a business in new york. >> and there's, there's receiver over it he cannot -- so many things has happened. not just that. he's got a receiver now. business certificates revoked. he can't -- >> do you know who the receiver is? >> putting forward people, by now october 26th have to h

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please join me and welcoming ing senate republican leader mitch mcconnell.e here i am deeply saddened by the circumstances surrounding this. i stand with the people of israel and their grief and their pain as they face down existential evil. and i stand with you and with the jewish communities around the world as you face alarming new varieties of the insidious age-old scourge of anti-semitism. my message to you today is about how the united states and the entire civilized world needs to respond. we are facing a moment that demands moral clarity. this is a time for choosing and the choice is crystal clear. we must stand with america's closest ally in the middle east, with the people of israel. with those held hostage by terrorists and with their families. and we must condemn barbaric terrorists their evil sponsors and the legacy of hatred towards jews has sustained world history for millennia. [applause] today's gathering and our mission in the coming days as a powerful reminder the burden of standing against terror, defending sovereignty, deterring authorit

have any politicians -- interesting about the mitch mcconnell. some of them marry into wealth and it's not that it's the business deals they are doing but it's spouses or they've inherited great sums. >> that's a lot. in fact, i rank at the end of the book i rank -- i didn't rank, business insider ranked richest 25 members of congress. and then i went in and sort of explained how they got their money and more than half of them either inherited it or married into money and so like -- in a lot of cases it's rich fathers-in-law. richard blumenthal's father-in-law, owned empire state building at one point. you've got mccaul, congressman mccaul out of texas. i think his father-in-law owns clear channel or something like that. mitch mcconnell after being a u.s. senator marries elaine chao, that's where his money comes from. how did mitch mcconnell get rich and the answer is his wife's mom died and they inherited a lot of moneyy and so like on the one hand it's swampy, on the other hand it's not nearly as crazy andha conspiratorial and some wl have you

lauren yesterday mitch mcconnell met with the ukraine ambassador to the u.s.university of louisville. i saw that and said, hmm, he's not going to tie the two, the two causes together in an aid package. stuart: that's a real conflict will. lauren, we showed our viewers briefly earlier protesters disrupted the blinken hearings on capitol hill. take us through the what happened. lauren: hay called secretary of state blinken a murderer with blood on their hands. they painted their hands red. ten individuals shouted things like this -- [inaudible conversations] >> from palestine to mexico, all the walls have got to go! [inaudible conversations] ceasefire now! ceasefire now! lauren: you are funding genocide. okay, they left solen that tearily, not removed by police. we showed you earlier in the show ohs were escorted out by police, but you just noticed, they brought up the border with mexico into their chants there. stuart: all the walls have got to go from mexico -- lauren: from palestine to mexico. what kind of world do they want to live in? out inner. stuart: not

and then i also heard from senator mitch mcconnell, after he said this on the floor, echoing that what a few of us reporters on the floor, of how important it would be to continue pushing military and economic aid to ukraine. his goal is to do that by the end of the year. we know, though, that this sets up another battle on the funding front for right before thanksgiving in november. the government funding deadline now is november 17th. and so, we know what date we are working towards. the good news is that we know what date this circled on the calendar. the bad news is to circle -- and it did not make lawmakers do their work anymore in advance. that's why we are standing here right now with this, right before the 11th hour deal that avoids a shut down for now, but still kicks a lot of problems and a lot of debates down the road. >> so, sahill kapoor, what are the key moments it out for you as we kind of watch this play out, and as we made it through both the house vote and then the senate vote to avert this government shutdown? >> well, ayman mohyeldin, the single biggest moment happe

bloody, you have already mentioned this axis of mzla, about which republican senators such as mitch mcconnellre already saying publicly, he said that the news of evil and iran, china and russia threaten the united states of america, mitch mcconnell is quite a cautious senator and politician who weighs every word. it is clear that this statement was made in order for china and xijin pinen, who will come to the united states of america, to understand that the americans can treat china in a completely different way than a threatening country. national security of the united states of america, and the chinese have quite a lot of interests in the united states of america, and it is clear that the economy, the chinese economy, also depends on bilateral contacts between the united states of america and china. in your opinion, what mitch mccone said, or was it not, was said in prejudice so that xi jinping would understand what they could do next. to talk in a completely different way, i share this point, we have a good time , there is no further comment here, american strategists think ahead and give

, not mitch mcconnell, but exactly makard, exactly mitch macon in the senate, he just leads the linelly, and the senate supported this decision, we actually needed 6 billion, even though there is 1.2 in the total budget, but as a signal that ukraine is a priority, it was necessary, therefore, it is now very important to find a solution quickly, not 45 days without waiting for something on ukraine, because it will actually be used by the russians to show that america is going to cut aid to ukraine. the narrative that is spreading now in the world, uh, after the victory of trump there, for some reason, everyone has already decided that trump will win for some reason, next year, america will not finance at all, and until then it will be reduced, this narrative must be overcome now, or quickly by making a decision under a separate law. or inclusion in the budget, when they will finally adopt the budget, and the nda, this is the defense budget, there it is necessary to amend the polish lease the extension also passed so that we get four funding instruments again, instead of the one that i

senate minority leader mitch mcconnell also talks about the situation reaffirming the u.s. commitment tosrael's security and warning that no country should offer safe haven to those that aided and abetted terror. madam president, today i come before the senate with a heart full of grief. i come shaken by anger and fear but with the result to act. i come with my spirit moved down to its core by the terrible things i saw these past few days. this morning i return after leaving a bipartisan delegation to israel along with senators rosen and kelly and romney and cassidy as the first jewish majority leader has the highest ranking jewish electedan officil ever in america. i want you to be there and felt an obligation to be there. it was a trip i will remember for the rest of my life. a visit to the only jewish state on earth facing one of the darkest hours on its 75 year history, probably the darkest hour. we traveled to delivery and unmistakable message, we need, the american people stand with the people of israel. we said to the people of israel, we have your back. we ache with

mitch mcconnell, after being a us senator, he marries elaine chao.that's where his money comes from. this is interesting because there is a conspiracy theory that's like i now would add, mitch mcconnell suddenly gets rich. and the answer is that his wife's mom died and he and her and then they a lot of money and so like on one hand it's swampy on the other hand it's not nearly as crazy and conspiratorial as some people would have you believe. not at all. i mean, they they just inherited a bucket. yeah, it is. there are all these. yeah. conspiracy theories. rokita is another example. a very prominent young, i think, california congressman. most of his money is from his wife. but look, there's a tradition this lyndon johnson would not have been president without lady bird johnson's dowry. right. so. well, you are you're optimistic, which i really appreciate. as i've said several times, you write in today's politics on both of the aisle, it seems the cool kids have settled on a false choice. we can look the other way. more and more americans lose in ins

and then i also heard from senator mitch mcconnell, after he said this on the floor, echoing that what a few of us reporters on the floor, of how important it would be to continue pushing military and economic aid to ukraine. his goal is to do that by the end of the year. we know, though, that this sets up another battle on the funding front for right before thanksgiving in november. the government funding deadline now is november 17th. and so, we know what date we are working towards. the good news is that we know what date this circled on the calendar. the bad news is to circle -- and it did not make lawmakers do their work anymore in advance. that's why we are standing here right now with this, right before the 11th hour deal that avoids a shut down for now, but still kicks a lot of problems and a lot of debates down the road. >> so, sahill kapoor, what are the key moments it out for you as we kind of watch this play out, and as we made it through both the house vote and then the senate vote to avert this government shutdown? >> well, ayman mohyeldin, the single biggest moment happe

exactly. >> i'mw from jackson and my question is, what is the job looking for i mitch mcconnell in the and senate? >> well -- >> people named john? >> three most obvious candidates three johns, brawn barrasso from wyoming and john corden from texas i wish senator wicker was here and talk about his performance where that day comes. but those are kind of the three obvious candidates currently the number two and sew he's got relationships with -- thee more recent lawmakers that are more current could give him a leg up and barrasso tried to run and boost conservative alternative. so stake out that turf but i wonderer if there's not somebody else that gets in the race and i'm curious about a potential dark horse qhold jump in. are kind of the three most obvious candidates right now. number one not to get that job is talk about this john too probably won't too much. but you m wouldn't know who the dark horse is necessarily because the second they get reported, they're just -- no longer in contention. somebe in your book are working- like do you think even that are not talked about publicly t

senate minority leader mitch mcconnell offered this commitment. republicans remain committed to helping our friends on the front lines. to invest more heavily in american strength, it reinforces our allies and deters our top strategic adversary china. i am confident the senate will pass further urgent assistance to ukraine later this year. our north america correspondent, sean dilley sent this update from washington. the united states government came perilously close. that close to stopping at midnight on saturday but that was averted thanks to this compromise deal that will not entirely pleased democratic or republican politicians, were not pleased democratic politicians because they have had to agree to not approve any more funding to ukraine within the terms of this stopgap bill. republicans did not get the deep cuts that they wanted, for instance. they had called for 30% cuts to social security. it is complex because the deal was donein is complex because the deal was done in the background. speed cut —— speaker mccarthy, a republican, has not

. >> and even mitch mcconnell said that it has to change. >> well, mitch mcconnell doesn't tell me what to do, and he is up in kentucky and i'm in the second district of tennessee, and i listen to what my folks say. i appreciate them, because they have been friends to me and nice to me, but ultimately i have to make that decision, and i don't have a problem with it. frankly, i think that one person, you know, it is a one that everybody has a voice, and this is what is behind the movement, and it may go by the wayside. honestly, a lot of the members do, but i want listen to all of the argument, because it was put in place for good reason. >> and real quick, you told c-span yesterday, some of the well healed supporters have told you that they will not support you over the vote, over your decision to oust kevin mccarthy, and we have heard from multiple house republicans that this chaos could cause the republicans to lose the house majority in 2024. is this worth it if it costs you all the majority? >> ma'am, we weren't doing anything. we need success and we shouldn't have waited until sept

. >> senate minority leader mitch mcconnell following deadly attacks by hamas in the southern part of the country and republicans will be examining biden administration request that will include funding for israel and ukraine. >> thank you for coming. senator mcconnell: obviously much has happened since we were last together. i remember, and you may well remember this, too, bob gates said after the berlin wall came down we had holiday. and if you recall, we saw big competition with and our challenges would be against terrorism. we certainly had terrorism. we had war in afghanistan and war in iraq, all related to terrorism or the fear of terrorism. now, regretfully as we have learned in the last week, we still have terrorism and what's changed is we have two big power competitors at the same time. so the holidays from history is clearly over. we anticipate and you have been writing about it, the administration will send up a supplemental that deals with israel, ukraine, taiwan and republicans are going to want something serious about the border. and so we'll take a look at the package

. ♪ >> on capitol hill, mitch mcconnell thanked kevin mccarthy for his service to the country and calledor house gop members to eliminate the rule which allows anyone representative to call for a motion to vacate the chair. he says the rule makes the speaker's job impossible and the american people expect a functioning government. senate gop leaders also outlined priorities moving forward ahead of a november 17 deadline to fund the government. >> peer we go. -- here we go. >> heads up. >> you are not going to stand there, right? >> shh. >> hello, everyone. i'd like to start by thanking speaker mccarthy for his service. we had a great personal relationship trying to lead two very different parts of the american government. i think he has much to be proud of. we avoided a government shutdown. we did the inevitable with regard to the debt ceiling and i'm one person who is extremely grateful for his service. i have no advice to give to house republicans except one. i hope whoever the next speaker is gets rid of the motion to vacate. i think it makes the speaker's job impossible. and the amer

my question is what is the jockeying look like for the post mitch mcconnell gop leadership in the senate? >> good question. >> the three most obvious candidates are the three johns as are called, , john thune from south dakota, john barrasso from wyoming, and john cornyn from texas. i wish senator wicker was here so we could put them on the spot and ask him about his preference when that day comes. those are kind of the three obvious, he's got relationships with the more recent lawmakers. there are more current so could give them a slight leg up. brasso has tried to run as most conservative alternative. but i t wonder if the thought to be someone else who gets in the race. i'm really curious about a potential dark horse who would jump in. those are kind of the three most obvious candidates right now. >> the number one way to not get the jobe is like talk about it too much. the three johns probably unlikely to talk about it too much. you wouldn't know who the dark horse is essential because the secondhe figure reported they ae just no longer in contention. >> some of the characters in you

. ♪ >> on capitol hill, mitch mcconnell thanked kevin mccarthy for his service to the country and called house gop members

fear could have consequences for the war. despite that republican senate minority leader and mitch mcconnell said the united states still stands behind ukraine, expects the senate to vote on a new package of aid. before the end of the year. most of republicans remain committed to helping our friends on the front lines to invest in more heavily in american strength that reinforces our allies and return our top gigi, adversary, china. i'm confident the senate will pass further urgent assistance to your crime. later this year dw zaya. abraham has been following the story for us in washington . we asked her what we should make of the fact the new spending bill does not include additional aid for ukraine. important to flag is that a funding for ukraine's till the end of the year is not effective because that would still utilize previously approved funding. but we're what we're looking at is funding starting 2024. and i think this sent a really, really harrowing message to ukrainian leadership. just last week. we saw president will let him use the lensky visit washington dc in an effort to lobby c